Bardon Hall, Copt Oak Road Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PJ, United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Group seeks to utilise its scale and strong asset base to deliver superior shareholder value by continuously improving margins from its existing businesses; adding to them by acquiring value enhancing bolt-on acquisitions and continuously strengthening its mineral reserves positions. Anglo-Amer…
Velperweg 76 NL-6800 SB Arnhem The Netherlands Company Perspectives: Akzo Nobel is a multicultural company. We are market-driven and technology-based, serving customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings, and chemicals. Akzo Nobel conducts its diversified activities through Business Units, which report directly to the Board of Management. We maintain a product portfolio with …
1717 S. Boulder Avenue Suite 600 Tulsa Oklahoma 74119 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP) is a diversified coal producer and marketer with significant operations in the eastern United States. The company is the coal-producing industry's only publicly traded master limited partnership. With its headquarters located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P…
20 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AN United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Anglo American PLC, with its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, is a global leader in the mining and natural resources sectors. It has significant and focused interests in gold, platinum, diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and forest products, as well as financial and technological st…
City Place 1 St. Louis, Missouri 63141 United States Arch Mineral Corporation is a private coal company owned in equal parts by Ashland Oil Company and the Hunt family. From its headquarters in the St. Louis, Missouri, suburb of Creve Coeur, it oversees a nearly completely decentralized system of mines in Wyoming, Illinois, Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Arch was founded in 1969 …
Gold House Patrice Lumumba Road P.O. Box 2665 Accra Ghana Company Perspectives: Ashanti's Mission is to build an African gold mining and exploration company to international standards of excellence, managed predominantly by Africans. Ashanti aims to pursue growth for the benefit of our shareholders, employees and the nations where we operate. Over a century after its incorporation, Ashanti Goldfi…
Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower 200 Bay Street, Suite #2700 Toronto Canada M5J 2J3 Company Perspectives: Barrick is a compelling investment choice, for reasons that stand out in any diversified basket of stocks: for aggressive growth and financial strength that would make it a leader in any industry; and beyond that, for excellent leverage to rising gold prices. Barrick Gold Corporation is an anoma…
1 Corporate Plaza 845 Arnaiz Avenue Legaspi Village, Makati City Metro Manila 1223 Philippines Company Perspectives: Benguet Corporation aims to be a responsible, profitable, and growth-oriented conglomerate engaged in natural resource development. Former Philippines mining giant Benguet Corporation has been redefining itself as a "total natural resource development company" for its next century …
Level 39 AMP Centre 50 Bridge Street Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: The new Boral has great strengths on which to build its future. We are a resource-based company with large, strategically located reserves; we have built leading market positions in most of our markets; and developed strong relationships with a broad range of longstanding customers, based on decades …
48th Floor BHP Tower-Bourke Place 600 Bourke Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia Company Perspectives: BHP seeks to be the world's best resources company. In pursuit of this goal we bring together a unique combination of capabilities to link resources and technologies for the benefit of customers and communities worldwide. We are committed to the development of our employees, consistently d…
Av. Maria Coelho de Aguiar 215 São Paulo São Paulo 05804-900 Brazil Company Perspectives Bunge is committed to furthering the well-being of its clients, employees, shareholders, and the communities where it is present. Bunge Brasil S.A. is the holding company for Bunge Alimentos S.A. and Bunge Fertilizantes S.A., vertically integrated subsidiaries that, in combination, form the biggest food com…
2121 11th Street West Saskatoon S7M 1J3 Canada Company Perspectives Our mission is to bring the multiple benefits of nuclear energy to the world. We are a global supplier of uranium fuel and a growing supplier of clean electricity. We deliver superior shareholder value by combining our extraordinary assets, exceptional employee expertise, and unique industry knowledge to meet the world's rising d…
Coal Bhawan 10 Netaji Subhase Road Calcutta 700001 India Coal India Limited (CIL), a holding company, is a state-owned mining corporation and the largest coal producer in India. In 1990, production was 179 million tons of hard coal, up from 172 million tons the previous year. This comprised almost 88% of the coal output in India. However, like many state-owned concerns, CIL's financial performanc…
Coal Bhavan 10 Netaji Subhase Road Calcutta 700 001 India Company Perspectives: The mission of Coal India Ltd. is to produce the planned quantity of coal efficiently and economically with due regard to safety, conservation, and quality. Coal India Ltd. (CIL), a holding company, is wholly owned by the Government of India through the Department of Coal and the Ministry of Mines and Minerals. CIL is…
505 Front Avenue, P.O. Box 1 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816-0316 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As we look ahead, our strategy for growth remains as straightforward as that which brought us to our current record levels. We continue to target opportunities in politically stable countries with historic mining traditions and ample opportunity for developing production and reserves. Through the efforts of …
202 S. Third Avenue Cold Spring, Minnesota 56320 U.S.A. Cold Spring Granite Company claims to be the largest granite quarrier and fabricator in the world based on number of quarries, sales volume, and the unparalleled number of granite colors offered to customers. The small-town business has earned the respect of architects and gained an international reputation on its ability to provide a comple…
9900 W. 109th Street Suite 600 Overland Park Kansas 66210 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Built on a foundation of over 100 years, Compass Minerals International is focused on supplying customers the best products and superior service--all at the right price. Compass Minerals International, Inc. is a major producer of rock salt and evaporated salt, used for highway de-icing, consumer de-icing, water …
9100 East Mineral Circle P.O. Box 3299 Englewood, Colorado 80112 U.S.A. Established in 1993 through the merger of Cyprus Minerals Company and Amax Inc., Cyprus Amax Minerals Company is the largest U.S.-owned mining company. Cyprus Amax is the world leader in the production of molybdenum and lithium and a leading producer of copper and coal. Cyprus also produces iron ore and gold. The company oper…
1330 Burlington Street East Post Office Box 2460 Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3J5 Canada Dofasco Inc. is one of Canada's largest steelmakers. The company and its subsidiaries and joint ventures in Canada and the United States manufacture hot and cold rolled steel, galvanized steel, chromium-coated and flat-rolled prepainted steels, tinplate, and tubular products. Dofasco also has iron ore mining operati…
10180 101st Street Suite 1210 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3S4 Canada 6400 S. Fiddler's Green Circle Suite 540 Englewood, Colorado 80111-4957 U.S.A. Echo Bay Mines Ltd. is one of North America's largest gold mining concerns. Founded in 1964 as a high-risk silver mining outfit, Echo Bay has grown into one of the leading precious-metal mining operations in the world. Echo Bay is respected for its excellen…
101 Wood Avenue Iselin, New Jersey 08830 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Diverse markets. Diverse customers. Diverse products. All from a single focus on surface and materials science. No other company in the world possesses Engelhard's unique combination of capabilities. Fundamentally, we manipulate basic materials--typically minerals--to alter their structure and surface characteristics. We manipu…
John Keay House St. Austell, Cornwall PL25 4DJ United Kingdom English China Clays Ltd. is perhaps best known as the world's largest producer of kaolin, a fine white clay used primarily for finishing glossy paper. This product as well as other specialty mineral pigments and chemicals produced by the company are used in the manufacture of high-quality printing and writing paper as well as in the ma…
1015 Arlington Business Park Theale Reading RG7 4SA United Kingdom English China Clays plc (formerly known as ECC Group plc) is perhaps best known as the world's largest producer of kaolin, a fine white clay used primarily for finishing glossy paper. This product as well as other specialty mineral pigments and chemicals produced by the company are used in the manufacture of high-quality printing …
One Enterprise Drive Aliso Viejo, California 92656-2606 U.S.A. Fluor Corporation is one of the world's largest engineering and construction companies. Fluor Daniel, the company's largest unit, provides design, engineering, procurement, construction, and other services for a broad range of industries. Fluor Global Services provides an array of services outside of those offered by Fluor Daniel, inc…
1615 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 U.S.A. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. is engaged in exploring, mining, producing, processing, and marketing metals. It is one of the world's largest and lowest-cost producers of copper, and it controls the single largest gold reserve in the world. Its principal asset is its Grasberg mine, in Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), the western half of th…
5190 Neil Road Suite 310 Reno, Nevada 89502 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Glamis' Vision: Solid cash flow and earnings from low-cost operations. Environmentally sound and safe mines. Operations foundation in southwest U.S. Growth into Latin America. Continued growth through exploration and sensible acquisitions. Return shareholder value. Glamis Gold, Ltd. is an intermediate-size gold mining compan…
24 St. Andrews Road Parktown, 2193 Postnet Suite 252 Private Bag X30500 Houghton, 2041 South Africa Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the leading, value-adding, globally diversified, precious metals producer through the responsible, sustainable, and innovative development of quality assets. Gold Fields Ltd. is one of the world's largest producers of gold, with operations in South Africa, …
75 Fox Street Johannesburg 2001 Republic of South Africa Gold Fields of South Africa was formed in 1887 by Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd to hold properties they had acquired on the Transvaal's Witwatersrand gold fields. The first of the financial groups that were to characterize the South African mining industry's organization, it generally remained heavily dependent on one or two profitable Sout…
1350 Campus Parkway, Suite 302 Neptune, New Jersey 07753 U.S.A. Hanson Building Materials America Inc. is the third largest aggregates producer in the United States. Hanson Building's aggregates products--construction materials--include sand, gravel, limestone, asphalt, and ready-mixed concrete. The company also ranks as the largest producer of concrete pipes and precast concrete products in the …
Harmony Farm 222, Private Road Glen Harmony, Virginia, Free State South Africa Company Perspectives: Harmony is the only South African gold mining company with its own dedicated refinery and gold fabrication plants. Harmony Pure Gold is gold of South African origin, produced and manufactured to the highest quality standards, and guaranteed by modern production and laboratory facilities. Sourced f…
Tour Maine-Montparnasse 33, avenue du Maine 75755 Paris Cedex 15 France Company Perspectives: Imerys pursues a value-creating growth strategy: using its substantial mineral reserves and sophisticated processing expertise, the Group supplies technically advanced products that are essential to the success of a diversified customer base. Known as Imetal until 1999, Imerys S.A. has transformed itself…
Royal Trust Tower Toronto-Dominion Centre Toronto Ontario M5K 1N4 Canada Inco Limited has been the world's leading producer of nickel since it was founded in 1902. Though it no longer has the monopoly it once had, Inco still supplies 35% of the free world's nickel, and after weathering the commodities recession of the early and mid-1980s its earnings have soared to record heights in the recent pa…
145 King Street West, Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M5H 4B7 Canada Company Perspectives: Our goal is to become the most profitable nickel producer in the world. At Inco, we are making good progress toward that goal through our three-part strategy. Our strategy is: to be a low-cost producer at all our operations; to pursue profitable and low-cost growth at our development properties; to grow our spe…
Roger Dyason Road Pretoria West Pretoria 0001 South Africa Company Perspectives: Strategy: The company's strategic emphasis is to ensure that its steel operations meet or better internationally benchmarked standards to remain a quality low cost producer. This emphasis is underpinned by three strategic tiers--operational excellence, market optimisation and industry consolidation. Iscor Limited has…
Scotio Plaza, 57th Floor 40 King Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada Company Perspectives: Kinross Gold Corporation is engaged in the mining and processing of gold and silver ore and the exploration for and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, principally in the Americas, Russia, Australia, and Africa. The company's products are gold and silver produced in the form of doré that is shipped to …
4 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7YL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our purpose is to be a cost-effective, innovative and profitable resources company that is accountable to all our stakeholders in an honest, open and proactive manner. We align ourselves with internationally recognized sustainable practices that ensure a safe and healthy working environment and a long-term responsibility towar…
7400 N. Oracle Road Suite 200 Tucson, Arizona 85704 U.S.A. Magma Copper Company is one of the largest copper producers in the United States. The company's 1992 copper output of 566.8 million pounds included its two primary products, high-quality copper cathode and high-quality copper rod from both magma mines and custom sources. Copper rod, about half of Magma's copper production, is the fundamen…
4 North 4th Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Massey Energy's supply flexibility and controlled production costs provide our customers the security of knowing their supply will be reliable and competitive for a long time to come. Richmond, Virginia-based Massey Energy Company is one of the top coal miners in the United States. In terms of revenues it ranks as the fifth …
9670 Gateway Drive, Suite 200 Reno, Nevada 89511-8997 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Meridian has established itself as a different kind of gold company. We produce gold and silver ounces to accomplish our objective, but we focus on the quality of these ounces as measured by the profitability per ounce not the quantity of ounces produced. Historically, many gold companies were fixated on just the r…
5-1, Shin-Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan Mitsubishi Materials Corporation is composed of two companies that have long been integral to the Mitsubishi business group. The mining of coal, mineral ores, and precious metals provided much of the capital needed by Mitsubishi in its infancy, making possible the group's later expansion into heavy industries and trading. Long after the end…
1-1, Nihonbashi-muromachi 2-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103 Japan Mitsui Mining Company, Limited is one of the oldest components of the vast Mitsui zaibatsu, or conglomerate, the mining of coal having played an important role at Mitsui since the last quarter of the 19th century. Mitsui is still the largest coal-mining company in Japan, though the organization's overall size was much reduced in 1950 by t…
One United Bank Center 1700 Lincoln St. Denver, Colorado 80203 U.S.A. Newmont Mining Corporation, primarily through two subsidiaries, is engaged in the exploration, mining, and processing of gold. The bulk of Newmont's revenue is generated by Newmont Gold Company (NGC), of which parent Newmont controls a 90.1 percent interest. Operating in Nevada along a 38-mile stretch of the Carlin Trend, NGC i…
Neyveli House 135 Periyar EVR H Chennai 600 010 India Company Perspectives: Neyveli, home of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation, is India's energy-bridge to the 21st century and a fulfillment of Pandit Nehru's vision. Incidentally, Nehru and NLC share a common birthday (14.11.1956). Nehru launched the mining operations with his golden touch in May 1957. Ever since, there has been no looking back. NL…
181 Bay Street, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 Canada Company Perspectives: Noranda remains committed to exploration activities, both in promising areas of the world where we are not currently active and in areas that are close to existing operations, thereby enabling us to realize inherent synergies and benefit from infrastructure already in place. Noranda Inc. is one of the largest mining a…
Riihitontuntie 7B Espoo FIN-02201 Finland Company Perspectives: Outokumpu is a versatile metals group operating worldwide. In its business, Outokumpu focuses on base metals production, stainless steel, copper products and technology. In its traditional areas of core competence, Outokumpu is recognized as one of the industry leaders. This position is also the one from which the Group derives its m…
P. O. Box 1990 Henderson, Kentucky 42420-1990 U.S.A. As a subsidiary of Peabody Holding Company, Inc., the largest coal producer in the United States, Peabody Coal Company operates ten coal mines in western Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, an area known collectively as the Illinois Basin. Ninety percent of the company's coal is sold to electrical generation plants, chiefly in the Midwest, while t…
701 Market Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our actions are guided by a singular mission: to be a worldwide supplier of low-cost energy, which contributes to economic prosperity and a better quality of life. Peabody Energy Corporation is the largest private-sector coal company in the world. It accounts for more than 16 percent of all U.S. coal sales--more than 180 ton…
1000 Kiewit Plaza Omaha, Nebraska 68131 U.S.A. Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc. is one of the largest construction and mining companies in the United States. Although considered to be one of the major producers of coal in the nation, Kiewit's primary source of revenue comes from its general contracting business. Construction accounts for over 80 percent of its sales, followed by mining and telecommunicati…
One North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are committed to providing superior quality products, produced at internationally competitive costs, to customers around the globe. We seek to prosper by forging partnerships with our customers and suppli ers. Our mission in conducting business is to create and enhance long-term value for our shareholders and our empl…
Suite 1600, Bentall IV 1055 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1P1 Canada Company Perspectives: Placer Dome is one of the world's largest gold mining companies, operating 18 mines on five continents. Our shares trade on five stock exchanges and we employ more than 13,000 people around the world. Placer Dome is committed to long-term profitable growth through focused exploration; disc…
Rellinghauserstrasse 1-11 Postfach 103262 45128 Essen Germany Company Perspectives: In pursing a three-pronged strategy of focusing on coal mining, real estate, and chemicals, the RAG Group is laying the groundwork for a secure and prosperous future. RAG AG, formerly known as Ruhrkohle AG, is the largest coal-producing company in Germany. The conglomerate has a plethora of holdings focused mainly…
Level 8 Twr. B, 799 Pacific Hwy. Chatswood NSW 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: Rinker is a focused heavy building materials group--one of the top 10 in the world--comprising Rinker Materials Corporation in the US and the Readymix and Humes businesses in Australia and Asia. Rinker Group Ltd. is one of the world's top ten heavy building materials groups, with emphasis on cement, concrete, aggr…
6 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LD England Company Perspectives: "Following the merger of RTZ and CRA, our organization was mainly on a geographical basis. While retaining our devolved management philosophy, the new product-based organization not only brings a keener focus on customers and opportunities, but simplifies relationships, better concentrates our technological expertise and streamlin…
6 St. James's Square London SW1Y 4LD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Rio Tinto takes a long term and responsible approach to exploring for first class ore bodies and developing large, efficient operations capable of sustaining competitive advantage. In this way, Rio Tinto helps to meet the global need for minerals and metals which contribute to essential improvements in living standards as w…
RMC House Coldharbour Lane Thorpe Egham, Surrey TW20 8TD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Group's strategy is to build upon and develop further its leading international market positions in its key products of ready mixed concrete, aggregates, cement and concrete products. RMC Group p.l.c. is among the world's leading suppliers of building materials. It is the world's largest supplier of …
One South Jersey Plaza Folsom, New Jersey 08037 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: South Jersey Industries is an energy services holding company. Our natural gas utility has historically been our primary activity and has accounted for the vast majority of our profits. We also provide through several subsidiaries, nonregulated energy services that include marketing gas and electricity on a retail basis …
Avenida Caminos del Inca 171 Chacarilla del Estanque Santiago de Surco Lima 33 Peru Southern Peru Copper Corporation, a holding company, is Peru's largest privately owned concern. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone mines, some 10,500 to 10,900 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains, about 610 miles southeast of Lima, Peru. It also operates a smelter and refinery in the Pacific coastal cit…
536 East Pike Avenue P.O. Box 1330 Columbus, Montana 59019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Not only are we a tremendous contributor to clean air throughout the world, but we have been good citizens during 14 years of operation in Montana. We have taken very good care of the environment where we operate. We have an impeccable record, with no environmental citations during this time. We have accomplis…
Hilton Hall Essington Wolverhampton, West Midlands WVII 2BQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Tarmac is the UK's leading heavy building materials and construction services group, and is committed to increasing shareholder value through the provision of best in class products and services. Tarmac's businesses cover every aspect of the built environment from the supply of construction materials,…
200 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L9 Canada Company Perspectives: Teck's mission is to be the leader in new mine development and operations, by providing the best in engineering talent and systems, having a strong financing capacity and by dealing with our partners on a fair and open basis. Teck projects come in on time and on budget. We welcome new opportunities for successful …
2000 Westchester Avenue White Plains, New York 10650 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Texaco is a company that has captured hearts and minds. Our employees' vision, their daring and their determination shaped the character of our company for nearly a century, and these are the same attributes we will carry into the century to come. Texaco Inc. operates in more than 150 countries and, upon completion …
201 Portage Avenue Suite 1906 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3K6 Canada The Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, is a major Canadian producer of copper and zinc which operates mines and metal processing facilities in remote areas of the province of Manitoba. The company has been removing metals from the ground for most of the twentieth century, and its efforts to industrialize western Manitob…
2, Place de la Coupole La Défense 6 92078 Paris La Défense Cedex France Company Perspectives: As a global energy group of European origin, our ambition is to meet society's energy needs by offering an ever broader range of products and services. We carry out that mission with commitment, professionalism, service and loyalty--all values to which we are deeply attached. Finding, manufacturing and…
24, cours Michelet 92800 Puteaux France TOTAL S.A. is one of the largest oil, natural gas, and specialty chemicals companies in the world. Its activities are organized into three main areas: upstream, downstream, and chemicals. TOTAL's upstream sector consists of the exploration for and production of crude oil and natural gas, along with development activities in gas and electricity and operation…
1200 Urban Center Drive Birmingham, Alabama 35242 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Vulcan Materials Company provides infrastructure materials required by the U.S. economy. Vulcan is the nation's foremost producer of construction aggregates: primarily stone, sand, and gravel. Aggregates are used in nearly all forms of construction. We are also a leader in the production of other construction materials…
1600 N.E. Old Salem Road Albany Oregon 97321 U.S.A. Company Perspectives "Firsts" are built on knowledge--our own and that of our customers. Wah Chang helps develop that knowledge through programs such as worldwide conference and seminars as well as on-site support and in-plant welding seminars. Programs such as these give our customers the in-depth training they need for selecting, implementing …
700 The Bellevue 200 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 U.S.A. Westmoreland Coal Company is one of the coal industry's oldest independent companies. It operates mines in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Montana, and is a major broker for smaller operations. It owns Cleancoal Terminal, an Ohio River rail-to-barge facility in Ghent, Kentucky, and has equity in Dominion Terminal, a Newp…
Bahnhofstrasse 2, Postfach 102 Zug CH-6301 Switzerland Company Perspectives: We will grow and manage a diversified portfolio of metals and mining businesses with the single aim of delivering industry-leading returns for our shareholders. We can achieve this only through genuine partnerships with employees, customers, shareholders, local communities and other stakeholders, which are based on integ…